On the highway once more

I’ll not purchase a lot merch from Good Smile Firm as of late, however exhibiting as much as see which online game characters have been immortalized as fashionable figures is a enjoyable pastime. How will they be represented in Nendoroid kind, and what are the equipment? I wish to poke round. Within the case of this thirtieth Anniversary Nendoroid Kirby, it’s all in regards to the faces.

After three a long time of highly effective pink puff motion, there’s this cutie (by way of Siliconera):

From the “Kirby” sequence of video games comes Nendoroid Kirby: thirtieth Anniversary Version! The Nendoroid comes with 4 cute face plates and non-compulsory components for recreating conditions from the video games in Nendoroid kind!

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— GoodSmile_US (@GoodSmile_US) Could 31, 2022

Nendoroid Kirby: thirtieth Anniversary Version comes with equipment like a bindle (the lore of the Kirby sequence by no means ceases to amaze me), a candy potato, a coronary heart, and a Star Rod.

You are able to do a face-off, too — Kirby’s starry-eyed look is a tremendous default, however there’s additionally “spiral eyes,” “a flustered face,” and my favourite, the “retro face.” Kirby seems so decided! Very similar to plump Pikachu, it’s enjoyable to mirror on how character designs have shifted over time. Come to think about it, Kirby’s retro face smile jogs my memory of a Mii.

The thirtieth anniversary Nendoroid Kirby prices $47.99 with an estimated ship date of February 2023, so contemplate this a gift to your future self — how stunned will you be if you bust open the field subsequent yr? Pre-orders are open immediately via July 13, 2022.

One other goodie caught my eye on Good Smile’s store web page: a “nap pillow” plush of Waddle Dee that’s formed like a loaf of bread. “I’ve no mouth, and I need to scream,” certainly.

30 years of nice platforming

In August, the Kirby sequence will proceed its celebration with an anniversary live performance at Tokyo Backyard Theater. It’s been a protracted and customarily nice journey, hasn’t it?

1996’s mind-blowing Kirby Tremendous Star and this yr’s Kirby and the Forgotten Land are on the high of my checklist. (Granted, I’ve missed quite a bit, however it’s laborious to think about anything resonating with me on this stage; each video games had been a “proper place, proper time” sorta deal.)

Jordan Devore

Jordan is a founding member of Destructoid and poster of seemingly random photos. They’re something however random.